Mark Swaney on Crime

For most types of crime, we are over-punishing people

Q: Do you support or oppose the statement, "Stricter punishment reduces crime"?

A: Stricter punishment may reduce certain crimes which are either not punished at all, or are very lightly punished, such as white collar crime, however, in most types of crime, we are already over-punishing people.

Eliminate the federal death penalty

Swaney said he is a strong opponent of the death penalty. "When I am elected, I will seek support from other senators and other congressmen for a bill in
Congress to eliminate the federal death penalty," Swaney said.